Ray Charles Foundation to Give $3 Million to Morehouse
Written by HBCU Digest, Posted in Funding, Georgia, Morehouse College
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Monday
February 2013
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Written by HBCU Digest, Posted in Funding, Georgia, Morehouse College
Tuesday
February 2013
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Written by HBCU Digest, Posted in Funding, Technology
This campus-based initiative will enlist Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to promote STEM education, tech-entrepreneurship, and commercialization on school campuses through entrepreneurial training and by establishing an HBCU Innovation Fund.
Thursday
January 2013
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Written by HBCU Digest, Posted in Georgia, HBCU Grants, Morehouse College
“I spent much time in Atlanta as an undergraduate and graduate student at Georgia Tech and am very familiar with Morehouse and its reputation for producing students who mirror the values associated with our scholarship,” said E. Roe Stamps IV. “Morehouse’s commitment to global leadership and service learning is admirable and my wife, Penny, and I are happy to support students who are striving to be leaders in those areas through the Stamps Leadership Scholars Program at Morehouse College.”
Monday
January 2013
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Written by HBCU Digest, Posted in Alabama, HBCU Grants, Tuskegee University
Tuskegee University last week announced the receipt of a five-year grant from the US Department of Agriculture of more than $699,000 dollars. The grant will fund stipends for TU students participating in summer plant pathology internships at partner institution Iowa State University. From the release:
C.S. Prakash, a professor of plant molecular genetics at Tuskegee is the principal investigator for the project and Jacquelyn Jackson, a research assistant professor in molecular biology and genetics, also at Tuskegee, is the co-principal investigator.“This grant will impact students in a great way. My life was really impacted by being able to go on internships,” Jackson said. “To be able to help another student experience what I did as an undergrad at Tuskegee is exciting for me.”
Tuskegee will also use the funding to create an annual week-long training programs for secondary teachers and students in plant pathology.
Tuesday
December 2012
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Written by HBCU Digest, Posted in Claflin University, Funding, South Carolina
Courtesy: Claflin University
Darla Moore, one of South Carolina’s most prominent business leaders and philanthropists, will announce her commitment to give $1 million to the Claflin University music department. The gift will be used to establish an endowed scholarship fund, which will provide tremendous support to students in the university’s nationally accredited music program.
Monday
November 2012
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Monday
November 2012
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Written by HBCU Digest, Posted in HBCU Grants, Norfolk State University, Virginia
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The Ethelyn R. Strong School of Social Work has received a $458, 277 grant to increase the number of students practicing military social work in the Hampton Roads community as well as increase the number of faculty specializing in behavioral and mental health issues facing veterans, military personnel and their families.
The Mental and Behavioral Health Education and Training Grant is funded through the Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Bureau of Health Professions, Division of Public Health and Interdisciplinary Education. NSU was one of 13 schools of social work to receive the training grant. A total of 24 projects were funded.
Tuesday
November 2012
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Written by HBCU Digest, Posted in Claflin University, Entertainment, HBCU Grants, South Carolina
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The Humanities Council of South Carolina has awarded Claflin University an $8,000 grant to start a lecture series on the state’s African-American composers and perform their works.
“This lecture series will document and examine the critical contributions of African-American composers from South Carolina. We hope this will expose our audience to the genre of classical music through interactive lectures and recitals,” said Dr. Eunjung Choi, primary principal investigator and assistant professor of piano.
Tuesday
November 2012
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Written by HBCU Digest, Posted in Academics, Hampton University, HBCU Grants, Virginia
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The Hampton University School of Science received a $2.9 million grant to establish a nanoscience concentration. The multidisciplinary concentration will engage students in nanoscience education and research with international partners.
The National Science Foundation’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities Undergraduate Program (HBCU-UP) funded the grant that will support the Achieving Competitive Excellence (ACE) Implementation Project.
Thursday
November 2012
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Written by HBCU Digest, Posted in HBCU Grants, Virginia, Virginia State University
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The National Science Foundation has awarded a five year, $1.45 million grant to Virginia State University for the project Central Virginia Undergraduate Mathematics Scholarship Program (CVUMSP). The grant will help VSU and its educational partners identify, recruit, prepare, produce and maintain a positive impact on 41 highly-qualified, local secondary mathematics teachers over the grant period.
Monday
November 2012
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Written by HBCU Digest, Posted in HBCU Grants, Virginia, Virginia State University
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The U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence against Women has awarded Virginia State University a three year, $298,437 grant to fund programs designed to reduce domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking on campus. VSU is one of only 22 projects selected for funding in FY 2012.
Monday
October 2012
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Written by HBCU Digest, Posted in Delaware, Delaware State University, Funding
Delaware State University is holding a scholarship fundraising challenge among Pan Hellenic groups. The contest, which ends Thursday, gives participants one vote for a $10 donation.
Zetas are in the lead now. Who will come out on top?
Tuesday
September 2012
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Written by HBCU Digest, Posted in HBCU Grants
Just months from the presidential election, the Obama Administration has awarded 97 historically black colleges and universities a collective $227.9 million discretionary grant to bolster academic profiles and institutional infrastructure. The grant, announced today and already promoted by many school recipients, is part of the federal government’s Title III program, with specific strengthening objectives for HBCUs. From the release:
The five-year grants—Strengthening Historically Black Colleges and Universities—will include activities such as curriculum reform; counseling and student service programs; establishing teacher education programs designed to qualify students to teach; acquiring real-estate property in connection with construction, renovations, or additions that may improve campus facilities; and funding faculty and staff development. In addition, funds may be used for the purchase, rental, or lease of scientific or laboratory equipment and the development of academic instruction in disciplines in which African Americans are underrepresented.
Tuesday
September 2012
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Written by HBCU Digest, Posted in Bowie State University, Coppin State University, HBCU Grants, Maryland, Morgan State University, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore
Maryland’s four historically black colleges and universities, Bowie State University, Coppin State University, Morgan State University and the University of Maryland Eastern Shore will collectively receive more than $12 million in funding from the Department of Education, US Senators from Maryland Ben Cardin and Barbara Mikulski today announced. The grant, to be split among the four institutions with each receiving at least $2.5 million, will go towards bolstering retention and infrastructure.
Thursday
September 2012
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Written by HBCU Digest, Posted in Clark-Atlanta University, HBCU Grants, Health
Clark Atlanta University today announced a renewal of a $5.8 million grant to its Center for Cancer Research and Therapeutic Development.
The five-year grant enables continuation of research, training and community outreach activities in the African-American community conducted through the CCRTD’s Center of Excellence for Prostate Cancer Research, Education and Community Services.
Dr. Shafiq Khan, executive director of the CCRTD and Georgia Research Alliance eminent scholar, is also principal investigator of this award.
“We are approaching critical, exciting junctures in our work and anticipate major breakthroughs in prostate cancer research in the very near future,” Khan said. “As important, however, is our commitment to ensure that our work translates into a culture of awareness and prevention, particularly in the African-American community. With this award from NIH/NIMHD, we will now be able to continue our significant efforts along both tracks.”
Monday
September 2012
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Written by HBCU Digest, Posted in Grambling State University, HBCU Grants, Louisiana
Grambling State University recently announced a $205,000 grant from Willis-Knighton Health Systems towards the endowment of three health sciences professorships. The grant is among the single largest in the university’s history, and could grow to $325,000 with contributions from state sources.
“Good things are happening at Grambling State University, and this is a really big thing,” said Frank G. Pogue, president of Grambling State University. “It’s the largest single donation in anyone’s recent memory, and with all that’s going on with the state budget cuts it comes at a critical moment.
